"A child's learning is the function more of the characteristics of his classmates than those of the teacher." James Coleman, 1972

Friday, July 27, 2007

Miller Plans NCLB Fantasy Speech for July 30

I hope there will be hundreds of teachers, parents, and grandparents outside the National Press Club on July 30 at 10 AM. Reporters need to hear something besides the dissembling and obfuscating pep talk that Miller staffers are now piecing together for their boss. From Ed Week:

Congress has delayed any significant action on the reauthorization of the No Child Left Behind Act until it returns from its summer recess after Labor Day.

Rep. George Miller, D-Calif., the chairman of the House Education and Labor Committee, announced this week that his committee would not consider an NCLB bill next week, the last before lawmakers take their August break.

Instead of presenting a bill to his committee, Rep. Miller planned to give a speech July 30 at the National Press Club in Washington. In it, he was planning to tout the success of the 5½-year-old law and explain his priorities for reauthorizing it, said Tom Kiley, the congressman’s communications director. But Mr. Kiley declined to say how specific the chairman would be in the speech.

Rep. Miller had been preparing to introduce a bill to revise the NCLB law before Congress left town.

The Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee had delayed consideration of its NCLB-renewal bill while lawmakers in that chamber worked on their plans to reauthorize the Higher Education Act and alter federal financial-aid programs for college students. . . .

Plan to attend and call Congressman Miller in the interim:

Event Date:

July 30, 2007

Event Name:

No Child Left Behind

Event Type:

NPC Newsmaker

Time:

10:00 AM

Sponsored by:

Newsmakers Committee

Event Location:

Zenger Room

Details:

Congressman George Miller, Chair, House Education& Labor Committee,will discuss "The Future of NoChild Left Behind"

U.S. Representative George Miller (D-CA) willaddress a National Press Club Newsmaker on thefuture of "No Child Left Behind." Miller chairs theHouseEducation and Labor Committee, and is aco-author of the current law, which wasenacted in 2002. He will discuss the law'sreauthorization.

The National Press Club is on the 13th floor,National Press Building, 529 14thStreet, NW, Washington, D.C.